CVE-2017-6004
N/A
Published: February 16, 2017 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPcre
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
The compile_bracket_matchingpath function in pcre_jit_compile.c in PCRE through 8.x before revision 1680 (e.g., the PHP 7.1.1 bundled version) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2035Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3EVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-11x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre/code/trunk/pcre_jit_compile.c?r1=1676&r2=1680&view=patchQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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